Let's face it: Today's gigantic hospitals are ripping us off

4:55 PM,
Feb. 14, 2014

Written by

Jim Heid
OPINION

Have you heard about the little girl who required three stitches over her right eye? The emergency room sent her parents a bill for $1,500 - $500 per stitch (NY Times, Dec. 3). My neighbor recently spent six hours in the emergency room with bleeding from the mouth. He was on a blood thinner, needed several blood tests, and his heart was monitored. His hospital bill came to $22,000. A California man diagnosed with lung cancer chose to fight his cancer aggressively. Eleven months later his widow received a bill exceeding $900,000. (Time magazine).